OPINION

I can only marvel at how faded pols suddenly become white-hot in the blink of an eye. Take former Senator Chuck Hagel, for instance.

Which celebrities were the best and worst dressed on the red carpet for the 2013 Golden Globes Sunday?

IBM may have won the most patents in 2012, but U.S. companies are losing the innovation war to Asia.

Action film superstar Jackie Chan may have made millions of dollars at the U.S. box office, but this doesn’t mean he has to like the country that helped make him an international name. In an interview on a Hong Kong television show, Chan expressed some pretty baffling anti-Americanism, calling the U.S. “the most corrupt [country] in the world.”

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart might be breaking up due to their constant fighting.

If confirmed, Chuck Hagel and John Kerry will bring to their positions as Secretaries of Defense and State, respectively, an unusual on-the-ground perspective on war-making from their days in Vietnam.

The rumor is that Lance Armstrong will sit down with Oprah Winfrey next week to make a public admission about using performance-enhancing drugs.

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson probably aren't going to the 2013 People's Choice Awards for two glaring reasons: he wasn't nominated and Rupert Sanders.

Every tragic incident is followed by calls for change. Politicians pick up the baton and legislative bills are crafted to address gun control.

A personal tale of past life regression with Richard Scheinberg.

Google Inc. got a New Year's gift when the Federal Trade Commission dropped its probe into anti-competitive practices, using a new rationale.

The recent arrest of retired NFL star Joey Porter spotlights the casino industry's disturbing partnership with law enforcement.

What are you going to do to make your company better in 2013?

You would hope that with a new year, the bad things that occurred in our country would be wiped out, but homelessness, poverty, recession (to name a few) remain.

In the wake of the recent school shooting, the real issue we should be talking about is not gun control.

Sen, an immigrant from India who had lived in the U.S. for twenty years.

Emphasize the positive, and forget the negative: Here are five people who deserve credit for doing things right this year.

The phrase "zombie apocalypse" made national news in 2012 after numerous vicious attacks.

Happy New Year -- we should hope -- because 2013 could prove a defining one on a host of interrelated challenges in the Greater Middle East, with profound consequences for the United States and its allies.

In stark contrast to 2008, many on Wall Street moved their money away from President Barack Obama and lent heavy support to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney this past election.

China's state media published an in-depth profile of Xi Jinping, hoping to humanize the nation's future leader.

How did the Christmas Eve tradition, the Feast of the Seven Fishes, start and why?

Five top themes were technology highlights of 2012, from low chip demand to online security.

The top 10 movies doomsday movies to watch to prepare for the Mayan apocalypse.

Beauty, like intelligence and talent, is a God-given characteristic one is born with it

Friday's Maya Apocalypse may have been debunked by NASA, but you can still enjoy yourself with some end-of-days entertainment. Here are seven Apocalyptic classics to revisit this weekend.

The brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi Sunday has brought to fore the predominant inequality in the Indian society that has allowed the perpetrators of such grievous acts to walk scot-free.

There are reportedly some 300 million weapons floating around this country, enough for every man, woman and child to be armed.

Led Zeppelin occupies a space somewhat below the Beatles, the Stones and the Who.